The Yamaha CS-650A is a straight cymbal stand that features a lightweight compact design great for home practice use. This Yamaha cymbal stand also features an offset tilter and has single-braced legs.

This stand is perfect for performing drummers who want a dependable stand that gets the job done, but don't want to carry any more gear weight than absolutely necessary. The heavy double-braced stands of the 80's and 90's are overkill and unnecessary, yes, even for rock drummers. These single-braced stands from Yamaha are solid, stable, good-looking, and light to carry. I have now replaced all of my gigging set's double braced hardware with Yamaha's single braced, and I'll never go back to that heavy load of metal I had before.

I typically use heavyweight, double braced convertible Yamaha stands (CS-845's), but wanted to lighten my hardware bag when playing smaller gigs where I mount 1 cymbal per stand. It was almost half the size in my bag, and weighs 5 lbs compared to 9.6lbs of my double-braced stands, so almost half the weight too.

I hit my 18" medium crash on this stand all night with no problems. I would be confident using just about any cymbal on this stand, since it being straight keeps the weight centered. If you need to bash 20" heavy crashes, or mount both toms and cymbals on one stand, it may not work for you because the tube diameter is smaller. I also noticed it doesn't expand as tall as my double braced stands. Not a problem for most players I would imagine, but just keep it in mind if you're considering this stand.